On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 04:29:40PM +0100, Eric Delaunay wrote: > Pass TERM=vt100 or TERM=vt102 at boot time. Current init process does not > enforce TERM settings anymore ;(( I don't know wether I will enable it again > or just let the user pass TERM=xxx at boot time. Maybe a serial target for > silo could also be helpful for floppy boot. > On this topic, do you know about a way of identifying the type of console > connected to the serial line ? Is there an escape sequence that returns vt100 > or the like ? IMHO, it's safe enough to assume vt100 as long as there's a way to override that assumption if necessary. How many people actually use terminals that don't speak vt100? -- Mike Stone
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